Yet despite its ferocity, the dingo - shown by fossil evidence to have been in Australia for at least 3,500 years may be in a fight for its own survival, with some fearing that interbreeding with wild domestic canines could see it become extinct.

Tuesday December 10, 2013, 1:13 pm
Such a pity that dingoes didn't have enough time to completely evolve into a separate species so that interbreeding with feral domesticated dogs is still possible. And now another species goes extinct just because we interfered with the ecosystem... such a shame.

Tuesday December 10, 2013, 3:51 pm
And someday they'll be sorry for what they did. Too bad they aren't smart enough to see that now. Stupid people. With every article I read tonight and every petition I sing I am more fed up with people and I was pretty disgusted before I started.

Tuesday December 10, 2013, 6:03 pm
Thanks for this article. I was not aware that "Dingos" were so close to extinction. I can see how breeding with wild dogs would quickly dilute the gene pool. I would guess an average litter at about 6 with a death rate of 2%. Given survival rate would favor females....each litter would then equal 3 litter producing females.....quickly diluting the gene pool. further. Bye Bye Dingos.!

Wednesday December 11, 2013, 2:34 am
Just like the Scottish Wildcat. They reckon that there are no pure bloods left. It's not good news that once again human interference has pushed another species to the brink.